ITU today has announced that USA Triathlon, Friends of Multisport, Inc. and the Redman Triathlon have been awarded the 2016 ITU Long Distance Triathlon World Championships, to be held in Oklahoma City, Okla. 
 
In September of 2016, elite and age-group triathletes will compete for world titles on a 4-kilometer swim, 120-kilometer bike, 30-kilometer run course. Elites will also be vying for a piece of the $90,000 prize purse, to be split equally between the men and women. The Redman Triathlon has been held at Lake Hefner in Oklahoma City for the past decade, featuring a calm lake swim, rolling hills on the bike covering both urban and rural views of Oklahoma City and a closed run course around the lake. 

This marks the third time the ITU Long Distance Triathlon World Championships will be held in the United States. The event was last held in the U.S. in 2011 in Henderson, Nev., with more than 900 athletes in attendance, and Muncie, Ind., hosted the event in 1996. 
   
The 2014 Long Distance Triathlon World Championships will be held in Weihai, China on September 21, while the 2015 event is slated to be held in Motala, Sweden.  

Go to www.triathlon.org for more information.